Protecting mask for boxing pupils



N. LACROTTE. PROTECTING MASK FOR BOXING PUPILS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 4| 1921.

' LA=32A7L Patented 0%]111922.

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PROTECTING MASK FOR BOXING PUPILS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 4. 1921.

1,432,471, Paented (M117, 1922.

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Patented Un t. 17, 1922.

NAZAIRE LACROTTE,

PROTECTING MASK Application filed February T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that L'NAZAIRE LAoRo'r'rE, engineer, citizen of the Republicof France, residing in Paris, France (and whose postoflice address is136 Avenue Parmentier), have invented certain new and useful Tmrovementsin Protecting Masks for Boxing Tupils; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which. it appertains tomake and use the same, reference belng had to the accompanyin drawings,and to letters'or figures of re' erence marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

This invention relates to a protecting mask with elastic paddingconstituted by hollow rubber members or pouches and adapted to besecured to the face whereby the wearer is enabled to carry out boxingexercises without receiving any injury whatever from thestrokes, theselatter being deadened by the effect of the said padding. The maskaccording to my invention, which may be used to protect the'entire faceor only a portion thereof, is essentially composed of sheets of felt andasheet of leather having secured thereto at the proper places hollowrubber members or pouches which are in is a partial section showing oneof the means which may be employed for holding the said hollow pouchesinplace. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a modified form of constructionof the mask, and Fig. 6 a sectional view of a hollow pouch with theenclosing padding for the same. Fig. 7 shows a mask comprising only theear protecting portions.

In the device according to Figs. 1 to 6, the mask comprises two flexibleside members 1, 1 for protecting cheeks, nose and ears, a central cutout portion 2 to contain the nose, an elongated aperture 3 forrespiration through the mouth; a projecting portion 4: for protectingthe lower lip; and a curved portion 5 covering the chin. The whole de:

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vice ing sheet constructed of sufliciently thick felt and having securedthereto the hollow rubber pouches which are air inflated and disposed atsuitable points for effectually protecting the boxers face. Two of thesaid pouches are disposed at 7 at each end of the side members 1, 1 andanother 8, at the mid-- ,dle part of the said members.

, I The central cut out portion strengthened internally by a metalstiffening member 9 which affords a good protection for the sides of thenose and the upper lip, in combination with the punches 10 disposed atthe sides of the said out out portion. Below the elongated aperture '3is disposed another pouch 11 for protecting the lower lip. The mask isalso provided at the lower middle part thereof with an inwardlyprojecting portion 5 having disposed therein the three pouches 12. Thesevarious pouches are secured to their backing by any suitable means, butcan be advantageously held in place by two overlapping strips 13 whichare sewed at 14 to the felt 6 or to the leather which may be disposedupon the latter. The

entire mask is faced with a textile fabric or.

like flexible material 15. The-maskis held upon the boxerls face by anelastic band 16 bearing upon the forehead and another band 17 also of anelastic character fitting over the top'of the head, in combination witha strap 18 made in two parts and provided with a tongueless buckle anddesigned to be tightened atthe back of the head.

In thearrangement shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the mask comprises an upperportion for the forehead, 19, which is suitabl padded and contains tworubber pouches 20. This forehead portion is connected to t 1e upperparts of two flaps 21, 21 protecting the cars,

is constituted by a foundation or back- 2 may be which are likewisepadded and each providv ed with a rubber pouch 22 at the central partthereof. The lower part of each of the flaps 21 is secured to aforwardly projecting portion 23'for protecting the upper and the noseagainst the blows. The padding of each of the portions 23 contains arubber pouch 24.

The space formed between the two portions 23 serves to contain the nose,and the two edges of the said portions are connected by a forwardlysituated strip of textile fabric 26 which is secured to the foreheadportion 19 by a narrow strip of fabric 25. The lower part of the saidnose aperture is means of a set of elastic bands 27 hearing providedwith a narrow strip of textile fabric which is placed over the upperlip. This mash ISfittBCl upon the face by upon the top of the head andhaving secured thereto another band QS-fitting over the back of thehead, in combination with the strips 29 secured to the bottomof theflaps ".21 and adapted to be tied under the chin.

T he above described mask' may as shown in Fig. 5 protecting the top ofthe head, as well as a lower member 31 for protecting thechin.

The n'ieinbers 30 and 31 may beprovided to this effect with one or tworubber pouches -30, 31 respectively as indicated in dotted lines. v I

The padding of the mask may be constructed advantageously as shown inFig. 6.

A felt member 6 disposed adjacent the inside of the mask hassewed-thereto a leather sheet 32 to which is secured the rubber pouch bymeans of overlapping bands 18 as 'inthe arrangement Fig. and the saidpouch is surrounded by felt bands 33, covered by a leather sheet 34which is in contact with the outer side of the pouch. This assemblage ofleather and felt sheets is held together by stitching, and the whole isenclosed within an inner envelope of textile fabric 35 and i an outerenvelope of thin leather 36.

The mask may be constructed in a simpler form as shown in a rearperspective view '7 and in this case it comprises only two paddedportions 211* for, protecting the cars,

which are each provided-,With a rubber formed, I declare that what Iclaim is:

l. A protecting mask for boxing pupils, comprising two padded portionsofhoval shape for protecting the ears, each comprisiing a leather sheetcovered with aplurality comprise an arched member 30' Leeann of layersof felt, a hollow rubber pouch disposed upon'the saidleather sheet, aleather sheet covering both the said felt portion and the said, pouch,and an envelope enclosing the entire device; a set of elastic bandsfitting .upon the top'of the head; an elastic band applied against theforehead and an other elastice band fitting under the chin.

2. A. protecting mask for boxing pupils, comprising two padded portionsof oval shape for protecting the ears, constituted by a plurality oflayers of felt and leather; a hollow rubber pouch disposed within eachof the two padded'portions; an upper pad;- ded portion for protectingthe forehead and connecting the two padded ear-protecting portions, twohollow rubber pouches disposed within the forehead-protecting padding;two padded portions extending from the bottom part ofthe saidoval-shaped padding and adapted toprotect the upper jaw, and the nose;'a hollow rubber pouch disposed within each of the sai'd'entensions; aband of textile fabric" connecting these two extensions'; another bandof textile fabric connecting the sald lower extensions .to the foreheadpadding; a setof elastic bands fitting upon the top of the: head, andtwo bands adapted to be tied under the chin.

1%. protecting mask for boxing pupils, comprising. two padded portionsfor protecting the ears; a hollow rubber pouch disposed within eachofthe said padded p01,-

tions; an upper padded portion for protect- 2:

ng' the forehead; two hollow rubber pouches disposed w tliln the said,padded port on; two lower padded extensionsfor protect ng the upper awand the nose; alhollow rubber I pouch disposed within each ofthe-saidfexte'nsions; a band of textile fabric connecting these twoextensions 5" another band of textile fabric connecting .thesaidlowerentensions to the forehead padding; anupper padded portionforprotecting the top of the head; I

hollow rubber pouches disposed within the said padded portion; a lo'wer"padded portion for protecting thechin; rubber pouches disposedwithinf'the said padded portion;

and anelastic band fitting around the back,

of the head. v, I

testimony that I claim theforegoing as my'invention, I havesigned myname; i

NAZAlBE, LACBQTTE,

